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The Commanche were also particularly effective at it. The combination of their horse riding and archery skills made them more lethal than the US Army, until the
by scott_s 12y ago
The Commanche were also particularly effective at it. The combination of their horse riding and archery skills made them more lethal than the US Army, until the revolver was invented. Before the revolver, firing on horseback was a non-starter because reloading was almost impossible; a Commanche could fire dozens of arrows in the time it took one reload. I read about this in the book "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S. C. Gwynne.
- BashiBazouk 12y agoSamurai as well. Very skilled horse archers.